 Klimova & Ponomarenko |
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| Personal information | |
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| Full name: | Marina Vladimirovna Klimova |
| Country represented: |  Soviet Union Unified Team |
| Date of birth: | July 28, 1966 |
| Place of birth: | Sverdlovsk |
| Former partner: | Sergei Ponomarenko |
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| Competitor for the Soviet Union |
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| Silver | 1988 Calgary | Ice dancing |
| Bronze | 1984 Sarajevo | Ice dancing |
Competitor for the  Unified Team |
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| Gold | 1992 Albertville | Ice dancing |
Marina Vladimirovna Klimova (Russian: Марина Владимировна Климова; born July 28, 1966 in Sverdlovsk, RSFSR) is an ice dancer who competed for the Soviet Union and the Unified team. Her skating partner and husband is Sergei Ponomarenko.
She trained at Spartak in Moscow. In addition to winning three World Championships and four European Championships, Klimova and Ponomarenko are the only figure skaters in any discipline to have won Olympic medals in three different colors. They won the bronze medal at the 1984 Winter Olympics, the silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics for the Soviet Union and the gold medal at the 1992 Winter Olympics for the Unified Team.
Klimova and Ponomarenko married in September 1984 and have two sons, Tim Ponomarenko born in 1998 and Anthony Ponomarenko in 2000. They turned professional after the 1992 World Championships. They now reside in the United States in Morgan Hill, California and coach young figure skaters at Sharks Ice at San Jose, California.
Klimova and Ponomarenko were inducted into the World Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2000.
Marina Klimova and Sergei Ponomarenko Official Website
Competitive highlights
| Event | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1995 | 1996 |
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| Olympic Games | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | |||||||||
| World Championships | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | |||
| European Championships | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | |||
| Professional World Championships | 2nd | 2nd |
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